Crafting Distinct Voices
Crafting Distinct Voices sets nine questions designed to tease out a distinctive voice for individual characters. Given the sparse dialogue […]
Galadriel’s Study in Psychopathy
I worked out the central premise of Amazon’s Rings of Power: Galadriel’s Study in Psychopathy. I resisted talking about this
The Character’s Core Wound
According to the late teacher and script doctor Peter Russell, the character’s core wound powers the story. Writing and speaking
Mister Rabbit
Mister Rabbit resulted from a set writing prompt: a children’s story for 5-8 year-olds, no more than 500 words, containing
The Trouble with Crowd-funding
Crowd-funding is fine; the trouble with crowd-funding is finding the crowd… Platforms such as Kickstarter and GoFundMe turned crowd-funding into
The Green Vase
The Green Vase is from a flash fiction prompt based on the cumulative sentence. It’s not about the green vase
Introducing the Cumulative Sentence
It’s a rare item of writing craft that finds me introducing the cumulative sentence. I had a “progressive” education, which
Conventions of the Action Genre
Writing a fantasy series, there’s no way I can ignore the conventions of the Action genre. A solid action piece
World Mental Health Day 2022
Monday 10 October marks World Mental Health Day 2022. Recognised by the World Health Organisation, the theme is set by
Every Story Asks Questions
Not the obvious ‘how does it end?’ but something more basic; every story asks questions. ‘What’s is about?’ isn’t really